Georgia Code
Article 2 - Public Defenders
§ 17-12-27. Appointment of Assistant Public Defenders; Salary; Promotions

History. Code 1981, § 17-12-28 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 17; Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 20/HB 1EX; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 17/HB 95; Ga. L. 2006, p. 752, § 9/SB 503; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 2/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-19/HB 642; Ga. L. 2022, p. 349, § 2/HB 1391.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “95 percent” for “90 percent” in paragraph (c)(4).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2012, “Chapter 20” was substituted for “Chapter” in the first sentence of subsection (g).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.”
Law reviews.
For comment, “The Guiding Hand of Counsel: Effective Representation for Indigent Defendants in the Cordele Judicial Circuit,” see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 781 (2015).

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